Pennsylvania Report
Hannah V. & Carina\'s Report

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The state we are researching is Pennsylvania. The capital of Pennsylvania is Harristburg. The population of Pennsylvania is 12,702,379. The date Pennsylvania became a state was December 12, 1787. The governor of Pennsylvania is Tom Corbet.

The state flag of Pennsylvania is composed of a blue field on which is embroyidered the state coat of arms. The first state flag bearing the state coat of arms was authorized by the General Assembly in 1799. In act of the General Assembly of June 13, 1907, standarized the flag and that the blue field matched the blue of Glory. The state flower of Pennsylvania is the Mountain Laurel. The state tree of Pennsylvania is the Hemlock. The state song of Pennsylvania is Words and Music. The state bird of Pennsylvania is the Ruffed Grouse.

Major sports teams that are located in Pennsylvania are Pittsburg Pirates, Philidelphia 76ers, Philidelphia Phillies- baseball teams, Pittsburg Stealers, Philidelphia Eagles- football teams, Pittsburg Penguins, Philidelphia Flyers- hockey teams. Major colleges are located in Pennsylvania are California Univerisity of Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown College, Wilson College, Haverford College, Thomas Jefferson University, Rosemont College, Gratz College, York College of Pennsylvania, Marry University, and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Popular places to visit in Pennsylvania are Philidelphia, Independance Hall, Colonial Sites, Gettysberg, Carnegie, Museum of Art, Carnegie Science Center, Andie Warhol Museum, and National Forest. The state website is http://www.state.pa.us.

1,485,100 people in Pennsylvania work in trade, restaurants, and hotels. Mount Davis, Pennsylvania\'s highest point, rises 3,213 feet in Somerset Country near the southern boundary. In southeastern Pennsylvania, there is Hershey\'s, the largest chocolate factory. The first ice cream soda was invented in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania in 1874. The first magazine was published by Andrew Bradford of Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. Hershey in Pennsylvania is considered the chocolate capital of the world.

In 1946, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania became home to the first computer. People in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania saw the first zoological garden on July 1874. In 1913, the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburg,Pennsylvania. In Philidelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775, Jonan Behret built the first piano in America calling it under the name, \"Piano Forte\".
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